2005 Chevrolet Matiz: MOT pass rate and reliability

54.7% of 2005 Chevrolet Matiz pass the MOT first time, measured across 550 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 59,283 miles.

How the 2005 compares

  • Against all Chevrolet Matiz (58.2%, 10,150 tests): -3.5 points
  • Against all 2005 cars (64.2%): -9.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Chevrolet Matiz model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2005 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Chevrolet Matiz:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2005 54.7% 550 59,283
2006 52.8% 1,176 57,977
2007 55.7% 2,007 58,307
2008 58% 2,141 57,782
2009 60.8% 3,411 53,724
2010 63.2% 861 54,184

What this means if you are buying a 2005 Matiz

The 2005 is a weaker year for this model, passing 3.5 points less often than the Chevrolet Matiz average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2005 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 21-year-old car fails on

A 2005 car is 21 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2005 Chevrolet Matiz the average at test was 59,283 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2010 at 63.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2006 at 52.8%. That 10.4 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2005 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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